Bundled wire



S. C. CARY.

BUNDLED WIRE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I4, I922.

1,427,518, PatentedAugZQ, 1922.

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BUNDLED WIRE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SPENCER C. GARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Bundled Wire, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to wire in bundled condition, said wire being useful in various arts, but more particularly in the binding or strapping of packages for the storage and transportation of merchandise.

It is now common practice in the art pertaining to shipping packages .to use wire as a means for binding said packages in order to increase the stability and security thereof, said wire being applied usually under tension by an implement of one form or another, and said wire being locked or secured while under tension. In some instances, the wire is preformed in order to provide a shoulder thereon for preventing the wire from slipping when tension is applied thereto by the implement.

llhe wire to be used is preliminarily straightened. and cut to a length suitable for the packages, and a desired number of the straightened and cut pieces are assembled in parallel relation to comprise a bundle. When thus prepared, the bundled wire is ready for storage and shipment, but experience shows that the ends of the wire composing the bundle are subject to distortion by bending said ends under conditions inevitably attending the shipment of said bundie from one place to another.

According to this invention the bundle is encased at one or both ends by suitable means, usually by a cap composed of stiff material, sheet metal being preferred, al-

though other materials may be used. It is preferred also to retain the encasing means in fixed relation to the bundle end by utilizing certain of the wires comprising said bundle, and in case the bundle is composed of preformed wires, the encasing means and the wires which lock said encasing means are so related one to the other that the wires may be out or severed'at a point to leave the ends of the cut wires in a straight condition, thereby enabling all the wires of the bundle to be utilized in the operation of binding the packages.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A g, 29 jiggg Application filed June 14, 1922. Serial No. 568,115.

It happens quite frequently in transportation of the bundledwire that it falls on end, resulting in a shock tending to force the wires, or some of them, against the encasing means with such impact as to indent or even perforate the encasing means. To obviate the objection, I employ within the encasing means a device of one form or another for taking up the shock due to the impact of the wires, such shock absorbing means being preferably a liner composed of fibrous material and positioned within the encasing means for contact with the ends of the wires.

Uther functions and advanta es of the in vention will appear from the ollowing description taken inconnection with the drawin s, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of wires assembled to produce a bundle and with the encasing means applied to the ends, certain of the wires composing the bundle being extended preliminary to their formation into locking relation to the end encasing means.

Figure 2 is a perspective of a portion of the bundled wire with the encasing means applied and locked.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional View through the construction of Figure 2.

Figure 4c is a longitudinal sectionai view similar to Figure 3 illustrating a modified form of the retaining means for the encasing cap, and

Figure 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

As is well known, wire in the process of its manufacture at a wire mill is drawn to the required gage and then coiled or wound into a bundle, in which condition it is shipped from the mill. To condition the wire for use as binders for packages, the coiled wire must be straightened and cut to a required length, and it is desirable, also, to shoulder the wire at or near one end or both ends, such shouldering of the wire being performed usually by flattening the wire, resulting in a length of wire preformed for insertion into an implement of one form or another with ease and facility and wherein the shoulder performs the function of an abutment to prevent slipping when tension is applied by said implement.

A number of the straightened, out and preformed wires A are assembled into par ill a: near allel compact relation, under pressure if required, to produce the bundle shown in Figure 1. lit is preferred to use certain wires A in the bundle, which wires are somewhat longer than the other wires A composing the bundle.

- The wires A are encased by means applied to one end, or both ends, of the bundle, said encasing means being composed of suitable material, sheet metal being preferred, although other materials may be used. The encasing means shown is a cap B composed of sheet metal formed into a shell 6 and a head 0, and in order that said cap may cooperate with the longer wires A in a manner to attain the function of permitting the wires A to be cut so as to leave in a straight condition the ends of said wires A, the cap is formed in a manner to depress the head 0. within the edge portion of shell I), the metal of said shell being doubled as indicated at cl in Figures 3 and A. The head 0 of the cap is provided with perforations e at suitable points, through which pass the end portions of the longer wires A, and after the cap has been fitted to encase the end portion of the bundle, and the longer wires shall have been passed through said perforations, said longer wires A are doubled or folded at f over the edge of the cap and bent back into parallel relation to the cap, at 9, so as to lie exteriorly to the shell.

The doubled wires A thus act as means for retaining the cap in a fixed position on the end of the bundle, but as said doubled ends 9 of the longer wires are liable to be caught when handling the bundle, l provide means for confining said doubled ends 7 of the longer wires. said means being shown as a band or ring C. This ring is shown in Figures 2 and 3 as being fitted around the wires of the bundle in close relation to the edge of the cap shell 6, and the ends 9 of the longer wires are looped at it around the band or ring C, whereby said ends 9 are held securely in position.

By reference to Figures 2 and 3 it will be noted that the head of the shell is inset --for appreciable distance below the edge of the cap. and this insures the exposure of an appreciable length of the long wires A between the head 0 and the turned over por-- tions 7 as a result of which the wires A are adapted to be out between the head 0 and the doubled portions f, as shown at in Figure 3. whereby the long wires A which retain the cap are so cut as to leave straight end portions beyond the deformed portions of said wires, which straight portions .of the deformed wires are desirable for the reason that said deformed wires may be used with facility in the tensioning iniplement and no loss of wire is occasioned by utilizing the longer wires as the means for retaining the cap on the bundle end.

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ltis not desired to limit the invention to the ring or band C in contact with the wires of the bundle, and in Figures 4 and 5 l have shown a groove j in the shell 6 of the cap, adjacent the free edge thereof. This groove accommodates the ring or band C around which the ends of the wires A are looped at h as heretofore described. The ring C is composed of wire twisted together at 0 so as to position the ring within the groove except at the points where the wires A are looped around it, see Figure 5, and thus the ring C is retained in the annular groove of the cap so as to be held against sliding upon the bundle or the cap. lt is desirable to apply the ring or band C tightly around the cap, which may be slitted if desired, with the result that the cap is compressed around the cap and the bundle below the deformed portions of the wires, whereby the cap is retained securely on the bundle, against sliding displacement thereon.

Tn handling the bundle. as when shipping or storing the same, there is a tendency of the wires to perforate the head 0 of the cap, particularly should the bundle be dropped on end, accidentally or otherwise. for the reason that the impact of the wires forcibly against the head 0 may under some circumstances punch through said head 0 of the cap. To overcome this tendency, T provide a cushion D in the form of a liner within the cap and in abutting relation to the ends of the wires composing the bundle. Said liner is composed of fibrous material, such as a heavy piece of paper, card board, felt, or other material suitable for the purpose. The liner is positioned within the cap before the latter is thrust over the bundle end, said liner having a firm bearing against the inner face of the head 0 and the ends of the wires being in abutting contact with said liner. The liner being composed of relatively soft material, acts to take up the shock due to the impact of the wires should the bundle be dropped on end, and thus the liner so reinforces the cap as to preclude perforation of the head thereof under certain conditions in the use of the bundle.

By encasing the bundle end with a cap. the end portions of the wires are retained against bending or distortion. and this is particularly desirable when deformed wires are used in the production of the bundle. as in lligures 3 and 4. The use of a cap with an inset head c is advantageous for the rea son that an appreciable length of the deformed wire is exposed below the bend f so as to be cut easily and in a manner to leave, a straight end portion on the deformed wire, the same being particularly desirable when a wire of this character is to be inserted into the tensioning means of the implement. When the wires are cut, the cap can easily be slipped off the end of the bunlib anemia dle, and in thus removing the cap the ring C or C and the fragments of the cut wires are removed with the cap.

Having thus fully described the invention, what ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Bundled wire and a cap encasing the end of said bundle, said cap being provided with a depressed head to receive the impact of the wires composing said bundle, certain of said wires co-operating with said cap for fixedly retaining the latter upon the bundle.

2. Bundled wire encased by a cap with an inset depressed head, certain components of the bundle being doubled around the edge of the cap, leaving appreciable portions of said bundle components exposed for readily cutting the same within the depression of the inset head.

3. Bundled wire composed of straight lengths of wire, and a cap encasing the end of said bundle, said cap being provided with a depressed head unitary therewith and the diameter of which depressed head is equal substantially to the internal diameter of the cap, the ends of the wires composing the bundle being in contact with said depressed head.

4. Bundled wire composed of straight lengths of wire, and a capprovided with a depressed head, certain of the wires composing the bundle being doubled around the edge of said cap and exposing short lengths of said wires within the depression for access in cutting at points intermediate the depressed head and the doubled portions of the wires.

5. Bundled wire the end portion of which is encased by a cap, said cap being provided with a groove, anda retainer for some of the wires, said retainer occupying said groove of the cap.

6. A commercial package composed of lengths of wire, a cap for the end thereof, and a buffer interposed between the ends of the wires and the end of the cap to receive the impact of the wires.

7. A commercial package composed of lengths of wire, a cap for the end thereof, said cap being provided with a depressed head, and a buffer interposed between the ends of the wires and the depressed head to receive the end thrust of said wires.

8. Bundled wire the end of which is encased by a cap, and a lender composed of relatively soft material and encased within the cap, said buffer being in abutting relation to the components of the bundle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name hereto this 13th day of June, 1922.

SPENCER C. CARY. 

